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Jupiter s Great Red Spot is a storm larger than Earth.

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The Great Red Spot is an anticyclonic storm on Jupiter, larger than Earth, that has lasted for at least 350 years. In recent centuries, it has been shrinking, but it remains active with winds of hundreds of kilometres per hour.

Source: NASA

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